Because of a missing variable, and combining numbers as strings instead of integers, the number of claps was displaying extremely incorrectly! This is now fixed.
I've created a simple mechanism to offer me instant feedback that you liked a post. A clap 👏 or a heart ❤️ appear at the bottom of every post, which uses val.town to keep track of current claps.
I'm proud that it works well in both Javascript and non-Javascript worlds!